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came home. He said they were stopped then but did need him much anyway, so he came home to saw wood which he did till noon Mr. Flemming told him that if they didn't get moved to his place till the middle of the afternoon it wouldn't be worth Dad's while to come over so he didn't.

This after noon he gave Queen quite an exercise & I took a picture of her also one of the baby which finished my film. Dad. & I hooked up Harry & Belle & got a couple of loads of rails, one load from the remainder of the fence on the east west side of the wheat field and one from the north fence. Aunty went down town this after noon to get some birthday presents for Huby. Beautiful day, froze in the night, sunny & milder

Wednesday January 29th

Dad left first thing this morning for to thresh at Mr. Flemings and was gone all day. He got home in time to milk before dark and felt pretty well "plugged up". It kept me nearly all morning doing chores.

This after noon I practiced my horn a little and read. Mrs. Alfred Ryersie came in to see the baby. Enah took a walk over to Martin's. Allan Law came in at noon and got the waggon to get wood. He didn't know where he was going, but intimated that he was going to "lift" rails from fences along the road. This was Huby's birthday. It has been cloudy & spitting snow all day. Not cold but freezing

Thursday January 30th

Dad threshed over at Fleming's all day and they finished to night. They finished the alsike about 3 o'clock and got 17 Lays and 1/2 bushel from the 98 loads, and they thraskhed 316 bus. of oats in two hours ater that. It kept me all morning doing chores and this after noon I cut a little wood. I inyended to husk some corn but it was such a nice day I thought I would get a oad of rails insteadso I went and hooked up Harty & Belle to the awaggon and went out and got the rails from the north side of the weat field when Dad. & I got the last load. The horses were feeling good especcially old Harry who hasn't any more sense. tat a seventeen year old birds nest. Going out I had to get out to open the gate off the road and as soon as they saw it open in fron tof them, started through it. I caught Belle's rain but Harry kept on going. so I had to let them go into the field where they immedialtely started to speed up. and it just kept me lumping to run and scramble on the back of the waggon butI was fortunate to get the lines and steady them down before they did any damage, but I was thankful to get back safe with my head. Mr. Johnson & Mrs. Quanbury were over tbis afternoon to see the baby. Aunty went down town this after noon. To-night. Dick & I went down to band practice. I found out from Carl Coleman that we could habve rtheir cattle rack on Saturday to go after the {illegible}.Lovely day. sunny & very mild.